After a year without it, the NFL Combine is back, and the players are ready to take to the field inside Lucas Oil Stadium to showcase their athletic talents to NFL GMs, scouts, head coaches, and millions of football fans around the world.
The quarterbacks, tight ends, and wide receivers will kick off the event. Some of the game’s most marquee positions on Thursday in primetime. I think the NFL knows what it’s doing. We’ll get most of the top prospects at those positions running the 40-yard dash and participating in the other combine drills tonight.
Follow along here as a bunch of our NFL Draft analysts chime in with their opinions, takeaways, and observations from the first day of workouts at the 2022 NFL Combine.
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That lost long ball from Willis was right around 70 yards in the air.
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Malik Willis’ deep throws are glorious
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Maybe it’s just because I love his arm talent, but it does feel like the ball is coming out of Malik Willis’ hands at a different speed than the other QBs in this group
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Carson Strong is one of the tallest quarterbacks in attendance and his attempts have been low all night.
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Did you see Garrett Wilson running the gauntlet? He was unnecessarily leaping with every grab. So strange.
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Brock Purdy played at Iowa State for two decades. It felt like that long of a career anyway.
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Malik Willis and Jalen Hurts might be comparable by size, but Willis’ traits are more impressive
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Christian Watson. So smooth. He’s that type of “glider” on film too.
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These receivers were jogging, and the QBs lofted these passes higher than Russell Wilson
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I swear I’m normally the opposite of a Debbie Downer, but I don’t think Watson’s film is of first-round caliber. But he’s a first-round athlete. No question.
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Josh is right on Watson. There was *some* first-round buzz for the NDSU WR before the combine. Him landing late in the first round is now on the table.
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Christian Watson
6’4″
208 pounds
32 1/2 arm
10 1/8 hands
11-foot-4-inch broad jump
4.28u second 40-yard dash
He wins the day.
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Christian Watson is 6’4, 208 and ran a sub 4.3 second 40-yard dash. That is absurd.
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Tyquan Thornton! Wow. If his 4.21 second 40-yard dash stands, it will be the fastest in Combine history.
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My comparison for Khail Shakir — stylistically — was Cooper Kupp. Just ran sub 4.40. Good for him. Awesome route runner, deceptive after the catch…. just like Super Bowl MVP.
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We had 9 WRs picked in the first two rounds in 2019 — that other super-fast WR class — I think we see more in April before Round 3 starts.
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I was told 4.44-4.50 for Wan’Dale before the Combine so I imagine his camp is happy. Really tough player that was used in a gadget role at Nebraska. He transferred to Kentucky and was able to showcase a more diverse skillset at all three levels.
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After disappointing jumps, Josh’s guy Wan’Dale Robinson runs 4.38. Fantastic time for him. And he looks that fast on film, to be honest.
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George Pickens at 4.43. Damn good time for him. He does have the body type to run fast, and he did. First-round talent on my board.
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Cincinnati’s Alec Pierce was moving with a 4.33 unofficial.
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Posted in my mock draft earlier this week that after Indy, Olave could get buzz to be the first WR off the board. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2022-nfl-mock-draft-chargers-gift-justin-herbert-a-new-receiver-jets-get-haul-with-evan-neal-derek-stingley/
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Chris Olave has the body type to destroy the 40… and he may have just done that. 4.26 unofficially.
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Chris Olave is the first player to crack 4.3 unofficially with a 4.26.
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Ok, so Skylar Thompson isn’t crazy fast. But he was a dynamic runner at Kansas State and has the arm talent that teams want at QB today. I rest my case on him. ?
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The Marcus Mariota comp for Desmond Ridder isn’t crazy, actually
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orrrrr Skylar Thompson is going to run close to 4.9
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Skylar Thompson running a 4.89 was surprising to me. He looks very mobile on tape.
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Prediction: Desmond Ridder is going to get picked in the first round
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